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iOS, Android, Firefox OS: HERE is available everywherePublished by Pino Bonetti on November 13, 2012
TweetToday’s announcement means that we’re bringing HERE to all devices and operating systems to give more people, with any type of device the ability to use the best location platform in the world. This openness is what sets HERE apart from other digital maps in the world. And with HERE, location will set Nokia apart.
Introducing HERE Maps for iOS
We’re making HERE Maps available in the Apple App Store: iOS users can more easily access our rich mapping experience with a single tap on their home screen. The app has been developed with the same HTML5 technology that powers the mobile web and is therefore very versatile and optimized for mobile use.
With HERE Maps for iOS you can get smart directions to navigate your way around town, whether you’re driving, walking or taking public transportation, so let’s have a closer look at all the features available.
What is HERE Maps for iOS?
With HERE Maps for iOS you can save an area to your device, so you can explore even without data coverage. You can save an area in advance and use it later at up to 4 different zoom levels.
Since you don’t walk on the same routes you drive, HERE Maps for iOS gives you dedicated voice guided turn-by-turn walk navigation that guides you along the best route for walking there: pedestrian routes, through parks, down alleyways, and more. With voice navigation, you will spend less time looking at your phone and more time enjoying getting there.
Because HERE Maps for iOS has been designed for urban use, the voice navigation only works for journeys on foot. However, there’s also public transportation and driving directions in over 500 cities and you can make transfers easily with detailed public transport connections. With live traffic information and incident notices, you know where the traffic is, so you can spend less time driving there and more time being there.
With HERE Maps for iOS you can organize favourite places by categories such as “Hip Bars” or “Cheap Eats” and sync them with HERE.com so you can build your personal map on the go and easily find them again.
For instance, you can add a place to your collections on your phone and post a review when you get home: wherever you are, you’re always in sync. This feature is very easy to use because you can sign-on with your Nokia or Facebook accounts.
On an iPad you can also see the top 25 places nearby at a glance: HERE Maps automatically displays up to 25 best places near you in a scroll window at the bottom of the screen. Simply tap a place and get all the details or scroll down and filter your results by category (shopping, going out, sights and more).
Whether you’re making plans for later or just want to share a great new find, HERE.com lets you share locations with just a tap, including how to get there, with a simple link sent over SMS, email, or social networks.
Introducing HERE Maps for Firefox OS
Because one of the main attributes of HERE is its openness, we’re also partnering with Mozilla to create new location experiences for Firefox OS. In the coming months, we will introduce HERE Maps for Firefox OS and we’ll continue working, together with Mozilla, to give people the best mapping experience on the OS.
One more thing… HERE Android API
HERE Maps for iOS and Firefox OS are not our only effort to give everyone the ability to use the best location platform in the world. Today, we’re also introducing HERE Maps API for Android, which will made available to partners in the next months.
In apps built with the HERE Android API, users will be able to interact with extruded 3D buildings, search for specific buildings and preview their routes in detail to more realistically show where they’re going.
To showcase what partners can offer when they build Android apps with our HERE API, we have prepared a reference app in the following video.
Disclaimer: this is not an actual app that we are releasing in the Google Play Store, it is just a reference app we have developed to showcase which features we are offering to partners for their location-based Android apps.
Follow us on Twitter: @heremaps.
Update
Because many of you are asking about it, we would like to express one more time that Nokia Lumia and HERE are naturally made for each other, providing the best location experience on a smartphone.
While the new brand is being rolled out, you can find here the latest exciting news about Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia Transport and Nokia City Lens, which have been recently updated for Windows Phone 8.
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Someone make sense of it. Nokia will release a offline map app for iOS, Android & Firefox OS but no offline maps app for WP7.
mart
Being faithful doesn’t pay off.. How sad…
C38S
Have you tried it on iOS? It’s more of a feature showcase. The amount of offline data is not huge. Windows Phone Nokia Maps are infinitely more capable.
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Thank you @C38S:disqus indeed the offline capabilities you have on Windows Phone are much more advanced.
Not to mention turn-by-turn car navigation.
Auðunn Baldvinsson
There is no offline feature in Nokia Maps on WP7 devices like Lumia 800/900. This feature only exists in Nokia Drive in WP7, but not Nokia Maps. Why this is I simply cannot understand.
I also find it unbelievable that Nokia provide this function on IOS before its own Lumia devices.
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @google-63f0fcf92156c309977f081b99b76f34:disqus I believe we had this conversation before. Sadly on WP7 the offline feature is only available for one app at a time.
On iOS we do not offer a true offline experience but a map caching for a small area and only up to 4 zoom levels.
Auðunn Baldvinsson
Yes we have Pino, I think you can tell that I would really like those features in my lumia ;)
Prodigy1
Hi Pino, is Nokia Maps (and Nokia Drive etc.) still going to be Nokia-branded in Nokia’s phones? I think it would be a shame if everything gets rebranded as “HERE”, even if it is great to see that Nokia is utilising the Location possibilities better than ever. Thanks for the answer!
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @Prodigy1:disqus all the Nokia location-based apps are going to be eventually rebranded as HERE. Stay tuned to know when this is going to happen.
http://twitter.com/FakeSteveC Fake SteveC
Good news that HERE is characterised by its openness!
Can you tell us which open license the HERE map data is being released as?
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @twitter-37700132:disqus I think it’s clear here that we are talking about the availability of apps, platform and content. All these business pillars are available for licensing.
http://twitter.com/Nokia_AD Rajavelu
@haikus Pino: What happens to WP8? Let us know soon pls!!
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @twitter-271802651:disqus I think I answered all your questions on Twitter.
For completeness, I’m going to repeat that our location platform is part of Windows Phone 8 delivering the best location-based experiences on a smartphone.
TheDayWalker
Hi Pino, just had a question regarding Nokia Maps on Lumia phones. Are the maps gonna be fully intergrated into the OS? At the moment when you click on certain links in Bing etc it will open up Bing maps instead on Nokia Maps. Why would anyone wanna use Bing Maps when Nokia Maps is installed? This is crazy since you can’t even find Bing Maps in the app list. I know you have improved integration a bit in Windows phone 8 by providing links to open up Nokia Drive from Bing, but I think it’s really frustrating to have an OS that only half integrates Nokia Maps into the mapping experience. Is this gonna change or are Microsoft preventing you from allowing all map links to open Nokia Maps/Nokia Drive? If it is gonna change, any chance of a loose time frame? Thanks.
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @TheDayWalker:disqus what you call “Bing Maps” is the Windows Phone Maps app which is still powered by us. We are aware that the behavior described by you is not optimal but we are working on it.
Breakingillusions
did i read it correctly android ios and firefox os first microsoft and now nokia why Microsoft and Nokia supporting competitors :S
chancooluk
Yes this is true. Nothing was announced for Windows Phone. It looks like Nokia are only interested in enhancing the ecosystem of Lumia handsets, not WP as a whole.
Microsoft should just sell the OS to Nokia. It wouldn’t surprise me if HTC and Samsung bow-out of the Windows Phone game in the near future.
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @Breakingillusions:disqus @chancooluk:disqus please have a look at the previous blog posts too where we have announced advanced location experiences for Windows Phone. Take this one for example: http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/10/31/frequently-asked-questions-maps-on-windows-phone-8/
http://www.maisonchaplin.blogspot.com/ Albert De Castro
If Samsung or HTC embraces the Windows Phone OS, more people will be able to discover this OS and maybe switch to Nokia Lumia in the future, as Windows Phone still doesn’t have a relevant market share.
akr
Returning my Nokia Lumia 920 and going back to iPhone. Any one give me a good reason to buy a Nokia Windows Phone anymore? This is as stupid on Nokia’s part as Microsoft releasing MS Office for iOS and Android next year. Why would any one bother buying MS Nokia phones if their core services that make them unique are made available on competing platform? Has Apple made iWorks,iBooks etc for Windoze. Learn something from Apple and Google. Nokia and Microsoft just dont get how to collaborate and make the platform succeed. Windows Phone 8 launch has been a joke. There were 3 separate events held and still they had no date on when the device would be available. ATT store employees have no clue about the Lumia range. MS stores have put the phones way in the back. MS Store employees carry iPhone and Android phones.. Someone kick Ballmer out of Microsoft and Elop from Nokia.
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @disqus_TydHndgJXC:disqus Nokia Lumia and HERE are naturally made for each other. With our location platform literally powering Windows Phone 8 we can deliver far more advanced location experiences than with just a dedicated app on other OS.
Rishi
That’s the difference dude. Now this giants are concentrating on compability issues.
Every device should support everything. And after that still you buying android or windows phone it’s victory.
I am also iphone user but still windows phones are better at some points like better UI, more connective , better hardware , NFC , wireless charging etc.
http://www.facebook.com/gmiguel83 Jorge Miguel
And someone should kick you out of this forum. Mr Elop is doing the best he can to get Nokia back on track and I think that he’s doing a great job. Give him some credit.
http://twitter.com/jussiwacklin Jussi Wacklin
And I thought OVI brand mistake would have taught us something. Well, let’s call it HERE then
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Let me clarify again that HERE is a brand that speaks for itself, it’s about location, very focused and with a clear mission of offering the best location-based services on any OS. I’m sure you can see the substantial difference.
LoyalNokiaFanboy
pino please can you tell me what benefit does nokia get by making HERE available for all OS???
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @loyalnokiafanboy:disqus have you read this yet? http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/11/13/here-the-next-generation-of-location-services/
In a nutshell, location services are a business and they are at the heart of Nokia’s strategy.
By extending the number of people who can access our services, the business grows.
On the other side, some of our services, like live traffic information, benefit from the number of people who use it: the more drivers we can anonymously track, the more precise these service get.
http://twitter.com/samonoise Luis Arturo Vargas
Wow, the phone in the video above is the best looking phone Ive seen in this site in years!!
Ztuka
Plan B, the beginning of it?
Please let Nokia Belle be true open source now.
Nokia Belle is close to perfection in many aspects..
http://twitter.com/dalydose Jeff Daly
Nokia really is acting like Microsoft now. I was first told about this by someone who was GOING TO get a Lumia 920 to replace her aging BlackBerry. She’s now going to get an iPhone 5 because there’s NO ADVANTAGE (except UI) to going with Windows Phone. Microsoft is giving iOS and Android Office, Xbox Games, Xbox Music, Photosynth (they actually both had it BEFORE WP), etc. Now Nokia is giving them the best of mapping. Any killer feature/service/app that they come up with, they hand it over to the competition.
Is everyone at Nokia and Microsoft trying to gain fame as an MBA failure story?? I don’t mean to be so harsh, but it is frustrating trying to evangelize for an ecosystem and products that don’t seem to care about their OWN ecosystem and products.
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @twitter-12834332:disqus after all our discussions about Nokia’s location business I was hoping you to understand what we are doing here.
Please remember that our location platform is powering Windows Phone 8, this means a far more advanced location experience. We like to say that Nokia Lumia and HERE are made for each other because we can combine our expertise as hardware manufacturer and as mapping company.
http://twitter.com/dalydose Jeff Daly
Hi @haikus:disqus – I am trying and trying, but I see so much of what makes Windows Phone a nice alternative to those other platforms GO to those other platforms. I am an active user and evangelical “switcher”, but the differentiating features are harder and harder to come by. Frankly, the camera tech is about all I have left.
I love the idea of more location power, but I wish some things were exclusive to Nokia…or at least Windows Phone. People on iOS and Android have almost no reason to switch or that is the perception. We WP users, on the other had have to constantly be reminded of the “app gap” while our killer features are being shared.
I’m among friends here so I’m airing out my frustrations. Speaking of which, can you PLEASE send some red Lumia’s to the Los Angeles area AT&T stores? I’ve been trying and trying and trying to get one. :)
Erkki Ruohtula
Really have to agree with you and others here with the same sentiment. Excellent mapping is (or was) one of Nokia’s key advantages for which it has paid very dearly to acquire. It should not be allowed to “leak” to competing platforms. The argument I heard elsewhere about more users improving quality makes sense only if you assume a priori there will never be enough Nokia users. In other words, already assuming you lose. Not a recipe for success.
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @twitter-12834332:disqus @google-9c54cead8ed6e87643c9f29238d672be:disqus I’m probably going to repeat myself but the location experience natively delivered by an OS like Windows Phone 8 will be always steps ahead. We also believe that in order for these services to evolve, they have to be available on all possible screens.
LoyalNokiaFanboy
“We also believe that in order for these services to evolve, they have to be available on all possible screens.” can you please justify this statement????
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
I have answered this question above http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/11/13/ios-android-firefox-os-here-is-available-everywhere/#comment-711977679
http://twitter.com/dalydose Jeff Daly
@haikus:disqus – never mind about the phone, I was able to find a red Lumia 920, finally! :)
http://twitter.com/dalydose Jeff Daly
@haikus:disqus We’ll have to agree to disagree on this one. Whether or not the experience on WP8 is better, the perception is still that they can get our goods on Android and iOS and thus, they won’t be switching. :(
On my other topic, I hope you are hard at work getting me some red Lumia 920 supply in Los Angeles. I neeeeeeeeed my crimson caller!
http://twitter.com/gregstar5 Gregstar5
Your end is near Nokia rebranding again
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @twitter-435719103:disqus
you may find my reply http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/11/13/ios-android-firefox-os-here-is-available-everywhere/#comment-709604093 useful
Ztuka
Pino Bonetti
I salute you for being real helpful.
I think this is among the best conversation feedback from a Nokia Employee I have seen.
This website is called Conversations by Nokia and finally a employee that deliver some feedback with a heart that belong to Nokia.
It is not that common actually.
Be proud and fight on.
Yours sincerely
Ztuka
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Awww thank you @Ztuka:disqus , it’s a real pleasure to work with the loyal Nokia community!
http://twitter.com/slangeditorial Ben Scheim
@haikus:disqus is an awesome dude.
mS
This is a good sign. Respecting other platforms and utilizing their popularity.
Nokia Android phones in the horizon?
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @disqus_eF53JabZjS:disqus thanks for your support. However, please don’t speculate and consider that Nokia’s smartphone strategy is focused on Windows Phone.
alexben
Even this open application not available for Nokia 6110 (The first Navigator mobile by Nokia). There not a single reason left to buy NOKIA. They ditches software (Even their last OS windows 7), handsets… whenever they want, better go with android, at least they support their software with backward compatibility for quite some time.
derek jones
So I see support for WP, iOS and android yet nothing for symbian or meego. Support through 2016?
imfeezdammit
No response… Surprise surprise…
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @google-0d28634e8f9da858173233d23814187e:disqus @imfeezdammit:disqus please not that Symbian and Nokia N9 already have very mature versions of the Nokia Maps Suite. Additionally Nokia’s smartphone focus is about WIndows Phone since over one year.
imfeezdammit
So the thing about support until 2016 wasn’t really true? Anyway as a proud owner of 3 Symbian and a Meego handset, I’m not really that bothered. Maps isn’t the only ‘mature’ thing I have to brag about. Would’ve just been nice to be acknowledged every now and again by Nokia. Because thats what my phones are. Nokia inside and out. Not Microsoft, not Google, not Apple. Nokia.
http://twitter.com/capricotwi04 Caprico
Guys, forget it. Nokia doesn’t exist anymore. At least in the form of the company we used to appreciate it. Our Symbians and MeeGos – even if they’re still new phone – are relics of the good old Nokia times. Support isn’t there anymore, since the Finish company has been stroke down by the American Microsoft. Yes, MS-Nokia made fool out of loyal customers, ripped us of with expensive phones and lied to us whenever they could. Nokia doesn’t want their customers anymore – so feel free to switch to Android or iOS, what most Nokians did anyways by now (although I recommend to keep your MeeGo or Symbian).
What we experience now isn’t anymore the voice of Nokia, but Microsoft. What’s left is just a weak company, carrying a wonderful name.
So simply forget about “Nokia”, it’s not there anymore. We have to accept and let that new “mapping-service”-company do their thing and hope for them, what they do is right. And maybe we’ll even get such (really fantastic!) mapping service à la “HERE” for future phones with a Nokia soul (e.g Jolla).
derek jones
Well nokia sold me a symbian smartphone 3 months ago, nokia 808. So you’re saying I shouldn’t have bought it because you guys had no intention of supporting it? Give me all the money I paid for it back and I’ll gladly ship it back to you. First no hotspots support, then no nokia music, bye bye city lens, now no “here”. Thanks for making me feel like a valued customer.
C334S
I got heaps of software updates on my Symbian phone this year. Not just 1 major update like on iOS but several.
http://twitter.com/AnUtterTwonk Peter
The decision to hand out WP exclusive Nokia mapping services to other platforms aside, the real concern I have here is abandoning Nokia branding. Not only will these Nokias mapping strengths be given to Android and iOS (the single biggest thing we had to try lure people to the WP side , gone), these users wont even associate this superior mapping product to Nokia!! Both as a consumer and a Nokia investor, I am very very concerned about this decision, having given it a lot of thought and reading many responses here, I just don’t see that this is good for Nokia. I pray I’m wrong… :S
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @twitter-471065349:disqus we believe that this is the right decision for Nokia and for our location business and I’m sure you will soon find a way to agree with us ;-)
http://twitter.com/AnUtterTwonk Peter
The only way I can see this being a good idea if the Nokia brand is still somehow presented in-app and maybe even remind the user that the definitive Nokia/HERE experience is available on Lumia phones. Btw Pino, left some Nokia Maps feedback for you on the earthmine article.
http://www.hard-graft.net/ Prestwick
Hi Pino, this has to be a positive step for Nokia. The more that Nokia gets out there and chases the competition then the more that people will turn around and say “if their apps are this good then what are the phones like?”
I think its time to tone down the hysteria. These apps are either deliberately castrated to make sure Nokia’s own phones keep all the better features to themselves. Other versions aren’t anything new just a link to Nokia’s (admittedly impeccable) maps website. WP8 and Lumia isn’t going to lose out here.
I’m a Lumia 800 owner and the phone utilises Nokia maps and Nokia Drive so well. I’m looking forward to putting Drive to the test when we drive from Kent in England to the French Alps, hope your code is up to the test, Pino!!! ;-)
I really have to pat Pino and his team on the back for producing a top notch service which is a joy to use :-)
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Thank you for your positive feedback @prestwick:disqus ! It made my day ;-)
http://twitter.com/Hdrules Hradayesh
Nice and powerful maping alternative for ios and Android users, kudos to Nokia for this brave steps to become leader in location ecosystem
Nokia 701 owner
Seriously? It has support for Firefox OS but not Symbian?
I mean c’mon i’ve never even heard of Firefox OS!
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @nokia701owner:disqus HERE is also the new name for our location-based apps. On your Symbian smartphone you already have the Nokia Maps Suite.
http://www.geekchoice.com Dagmar Schneitz
So wait, you can use this map while walking as well as driving? I walk a lot, so this would be my app!
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @DagmarSchneitz:disqus you may use the app to get walk, car and public transportation directions.
The voice guided turn-by-turn navigation however is exclusive to pedestrian routes and I wouldn’t suggest you to use it while driving, you might end up on a footpath ;-)
http://www.facebook.com/spencer.caplin Spencer Caplin
Hi
Does this mean that Nokia will allow the HERE app on non nokia lumia Windows Phone 7/8 devices ?
Thanks
Spencer
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @facebook-100000679896708:disqus HERE is already powering the whole Windows Phone 8 ecosystem, albeit still branded as Nokia Location Platform.
Guest
Because many of you are asking about it, we would like to express one more time that Nokia Lumia and HERE are naturally made for each other, providing the best location experience on a smartphone.
While the new brand is being rolled out, you can find here the latest exciting news about Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia Transport and Nokia City Lens, which have been recently updated for Windows Phone 8.
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Because many of you are asking about it, we would like to express one more time that Nokia Lumia and HERE are naturally made for each other, providing the best location experience on a smartphone.
Read more at: http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/11/13/here-the-next-generation-of-location-services/
While the new brand is being rolled out, you can find here below the latest exciting news about our location-based apps which have been recently updated for Windows Phone 8.
Nokia Maps: http://conversations.nokia.com/tag/nokia-maps/
Nokia Drive: http://conversations.nokia.com/tag/nokia-drive/
Nokia Transport: http://conversations.nokia.com/tag/nokia-transport/
Nokia City Lens: http://conversations.nokia.com/tag/nokia-city-lens/
http://twitter.com/PHATRS Ben Thomas
When will you create a iOS API? We have an app that uses maps extensively and need something better than Apple Maps.
David Mata Martins
Switch to Lumia (:
cheesevangelist
Let’s be honest – WP is killing Nokia, so I’m glad to see you’re finally getting out of Microsoft’s walled garden. Such a shame you didn’t go with Meego and it’s glorious swipe UI, but that’s old news.
Still, is there any chance of porting this to one of your own products – the Nokia N9? Its Nokia Maps app is ok, but loads rather slowly and has fewer features than the new ‘here’ app.
Gene Selfish
So as far as I understand, Here for iOS will support voice navigation only for walking routes, not for driving, correct?
If so, and considering also the other limitations i expect this app to have compared to the full fledged lumia experience, I think this is a very smart move on nokia’s part.
Not only will they get all the benefits of a map service potentially running on any smartphone on earth, they will also get a showcase of one of the biggest strengths of their phones on every major competitor’s systems.
Very smart.
David Mata Martins
Didn’t think of it that way… If they block a lot of the features presented in Lumia 920 is a good ideia (: But they just can’t be giving away all they have… They must be carefull (:
It’s like my winrar free-subscription time… 30 days right? (4 years and counting).
I’m a nokian and I still have my nokia 1600 since my xpressmusic was stolen… And I don’t want to see people not switching because their killer app is now available for all the others…
http://www.facebook.com/MichaelMain Michael Main
When will this be available? I don’t see it in Apple’s App store
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @facebook-1404705698:disqus we are waiting for the app to be approved in the store. As soon as this happens we will inform you. Make sure you follow @heremaps on Twitter
Ab
Nokia is doing EVERYTHING right at the moment. Maps and cameras are nokia’s strength. This is the start of nokia’s big comeback. Your CEO must have balls of steel approving this major aggressive move forward. Nokia is the new apple. I would very much like to meet him and ask him how he did it. I owned an iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S and I’m very much looking forward to my lumia 920 on order with Telstra. The maps look fantastic.
Prasenjit Bist
One more point guys maps is a serious business and Nokia please dont play the Symbian politics here by holding on great stuffs for WP and not giving them to iOS or android .. that will hurt ur reputation and brand
http://twitter.com/dalydose Jeff Daly
Hey @haikus:disqus,
Could you guys do a story on shooting video with Windows Phone 8? I am trying to figure out how to have focus if I turn off the constant auto-focus. I find that it hunts to much and you see a surging in the frame. Do I have to find the focus with auto-focus and then turn it off??
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Good one, @twitter-12834332:disqus we will look into this.
You can also send your blog post suggestions on Twitter to @nokconv
Richard Morgans taxibeeper
tly developing a satnav that gives taxis&private hires fares called taxibeeper can you contact me with regards to using the here api
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
You have a good idea @richardmorganstaxibeeper:disqus you can find our developer offering at http://developer.here.net/
Richard Morgans taxibeeper
Thank you Pino,what I particularly like is the voice commands making it safer for a taxidriver reall,more satnav feel,so is the api free to developers ?
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Some functionalities are for free, others are part of a premium plan. All the infos are available at http://developer.here.net/web/guest/plans
Richard Morgans taxibeeper
thanks Pino
http://twitter.com/dalydose Jeff Daly
Well, it’s been released for iOS and, in my opinion, makes WP and Nokia less of a switch threat. Thurrott writes today that HERE maps on iPhone are BETTER than on Nokia’s own Windows Phone. I might be missing something, but I still don’t see how giving away this app helps Nokia. There’s no revenue as the app is free and has no ads and it lessens any incentive for iFans to jump ship. They even have offline and voice. I know there are differences, but perception is important here.
Me: Nokia maps and navigation is awesome.
iFan: I know I have that not too. You still don’t have Instagram, right?
Ugh. The iOS–>WP app gap continues while the WP–>iOS app giveaway revs up.
*I can’t link to the article, but just Bing: “Thurrott Why is Nokia HERE For iPhone Better than Windows Phone Maps”
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @twitter-12834332:disqus
we have been discussing this topic long enough. Again, the two main reasons are two:
- Volume: more people use our maps = bigger business for Nokia
- Better services: e.g. traffic info are more accurate if more people contribute to them
I’m sure you can think about many other players who are using the same approach. This strategy shouldn’t come as a surprise.
I also disagree with the blog post by Thurrot, which is why I have posted there a long and thorough reply.
http://twitter.com/dalydose Jeff Daly
Hi @haikus:disqus
I don’t mean to drag this on and I get the second part if the users are contributing to the traffic data a’la Waze, but the first part still confuses me. You aren’t charging for the app and there are no ads, right?
It doesn’t matter. I’m on Team Nokia and I am always trying to switch people and from my perspective, this made switching seem less attractive.
**off topic** in these threads, is there a way to be notified if someone responds?
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
I know you are a great supporter @twitter-12834332:disqus ;-) And do trust us, we know what we are doing. Of course some elements will be clearer in the future.
If you want to be notified, have a look into your DISQUS settings. Usually, if another user @-mention you (like I usually do), you should automatically get a notification.
http://twitter.com/daniloborg_es Danilo
So.. Why iOS has walk navigation while your Lumia line (7.x) don’t?
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
Hi @twitter-80123405:disqus I believe we are discussing this topic on Twitter too: it’s a limitation of the Windows Phone 7.x platform.
SVKNet
Why HERE is not available on “ALL” WP7 mobiles?
http://twitter.com/haikus Pino
We haven’t made any announcement regarding other WP7 phones yet.
SVKNet
So can Non-Nokia WP7 mobile owners expect to have Nokia HERE like iOS and Android?
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